gilles cloutier

Cloutier alleged in that recorded statement that he was very close to LeBel and that LeBel paid him a visit at his house in order to set up a meeting with investigators about his perjury in front of the commission.

Allegations of perjury against a veteran political organizer and questions about interference by members of the Charbonneau Commission's team of investigators are threatening to derail a fraud trial involving the former mayor of Boisbriand.

MONTREAL — After meeting “60 credible witnesses” with links to the Quebec Liberal Party and retrieving incriminating documents from the party’s Montreal offices, investigators with the province’s permanent anti-corruption unit believed they had enough evidence to lay charges of fraud and breach of trust, and asked for permission from a judge to begin digging through computer servers. While no formal charges have yet been laid in connection with the unit’s ongoing investigation (dubbed Project Lierre), a sworn police affidavit obtained by various media outlets on Wednesday suggests that UPAC has been probing right to the heart of the Liberal organization in recent months. The affidavit was filed in early June in support of a request to search servers linked to the provincial Liberal party.

Former Liberal MNA David Whissell was the subject of a fresh round of allegations at the Charbonneau Commission on Wednesday, with a witness testifying that the ex-cabinet minister tried to use his political power for personal gain in 2004.

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